9-letter words containing c, u, r, b, e
- cumbrance — a burden, obstacle, or hindrance
- cupbearer — an attendant who fills and serves wine cups, as in a royal household
- curbsides — Plural form of curbside.
- curbstone — A curbstone is one of the stones that form a curb.
- curveball — a ball pitched in a curving path so as to make it more difficult to hit
- cybercrud — (jargon) /si:'ber-kruhd/ 1. (Coined by Ted Nelson) Obfuscatory tech-talk. Verbiage with a high MEGO factor. The computer equivalent of bureaucratese. 2. Incomprehensible stuff embedded in e-mail. First there were the "Received" headers that show how mail flows through systems, then MIME (Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions) headers and part boundaries, and now huge blocks of hex for PEM (Privacy Enhanced Mail) or PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) digital signatures and certificates of authenticity. This stuff all has a purpose and good user interfaces should hide it, but all too often users are forced to wade through it.
- cybernaut — a person who is an expert in or uses the internet a lot
- cyberpunk — Cyberpunk is a type of science fiction.
- cybersoul — The supposed equivalent of a soul in cyberspace.
- debaucher — to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
- discumber — (archaic, transitive) To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.
- encumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encumber.
- eurobeach — a beach that has been designated as suitable for bathing from because it meets the limits set by European Union regulations for bacteria in bathing areas
- excalibur — (in Arthurian legend) the magic sword of King Arthur
- febricula — a slight and short fever, especially when of obscure causation.
- feuerbach — Ludwig Andreas [ahn-drey-uh s,, an-;; German ahn-drey-ahs] /ɑnˈdreɪ əs,, æn-;; German ɑnˈdreɪ ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1804–72, German philosopher.
- humbucker — (music) A pickup, on an electric guitar, that has a pair of coils of reverse polarity connected in series - to
- hypercube — A geometric figure in four or more dimensions that is analogous to a cube in three dimensions.
- incurable — not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.
- interclub — a heavy stick, usually thicker at one end than at the other, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.
- kachumber — a salad of chopped onion, tomato, cucumber, and (sometimes) other vegetables, typically seasoned with chilli and coriander, served as an accompaniment to a main meal
- la cumbre — Uspallata Pass.
- lehmbruck — Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1881–1919, German sculptor.
- lubricate — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lucubrate — to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.
- microtube — A microscopic tube, especially one used in the construction of specialized lasers.
- obscurely — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obscurest — Superlative form of obscure.
- outbacker — a person who lives in the Australian outback
- parbuckle — a kind of tackle for raising or lowering a cask or similar object along an inclined plane or a vertical surface, consisting of a rope looped over a post or the like, with its two ends passing around the object to be moved.
- pardubice — a city in N central Czech Republic, on the Elbe River.
- quebecker — a native or inhabitant of Quebec, especially one who is from the city of Quebec and whose native language is French.
- quebracho — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Schinopsis, having very hard wood, especially S. lorentzii, the wood and bark of which are important in tanning and dyeing.
- raceabout — a small, sloop-rigged racing yacht with a short bowsprit.
- recumbent — lying down; reclining; leaning.
- reducible — capable of being reduced.
- resubject — to subject again
- rubescent — becoming red; blushing.
- rubicelle — a variety of the mineral spinel that is orange or yellow in colour
- rubricate — to mark or color with red.
- rudbeckia — any composite plant of the genus Rudbeckia, having alternate leaves and showy flower heads.
- schulberg — Budd [buhd] /bʌd/ (Show IPA), 1914–2009, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and scenarist.
- scrutable — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- securable — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- subcellar — a cellar below the main cellar.
- subcenter — a secondary or subordinate center, as in the location of a business.
- subcentre — a secondary centre
- subchaser — submarine chaser.
- subcortex — Anatomy, Zoology. the outer region of an organ or structure, as the outer portion of the kidney. the cerebral cortex.
- subscribe — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.